Pokemon Violet - Nintendo Switch

Save your money and skip Scarlet and Violer . I played this for almost 2hrs and I am upset I can never get my time back. For reference, I have played almost every Pokémon game (I usually pick one version release for the new ones like Violet over Scarlet, and then Shield over sword, etc). There is so much reading and watching unskippable cutscenes from the very beginning, and it's all text dialog! In the beginning you would get stuck with a 5 minute cutscene, then you walk down a road for less than a minute, and congrats on your new 7 minute cutscene. Realistically, I probably played for 10-15minutes during that 2hrs because of the cutscenes. This game was already almost a year old when I bought it yet I still encounters 2 glitches. *Spoiler starting*: When I had to walk to the professor with the 3 starter pokemon, Sprigatito got stuck behind the plants to the left and I couldn't get it to follow me at all. I had to restart the game, which fixed the glitch. Next, why am I meeting a legendary pokemon so early on and why does is transform into a bike?!?! I assume it's for the little kids who think toy cars/bikes are awesome but I did not like this. During the cutscene where you fight the houndoom with Miraidon my game glitched again, and I couldn't attack. It was just frozen- *spoiler ends*. I can't imagine how many other glitches there are. Now my child plays it and she definitely has more patience. When I see her play it's still cutscene after cutscene. If I wanted to watch a Pokémon movie I would just do that.

Brought this for my best friends birthday. She loves the game.

Item came damaged probably a defect in craftsman’s ship being made not targets fault was helpful with refund process

I love this game it is incredible and very fun to play good job target

I’m My son seems to like it. However, I chose this off his list of wanted games for the sole reason of it being the only one on the list that was supposed to be multiplayer. The description specifically says multiplayer, 1-4 players, and online and local multiplayer. It is only multiplayer online with other users. I am disappointed that he and his sister, who also loves Pokémon, cannot play together when the Target app description gave me the impression that they would be able to do so.

My 12 year old son says this is the best Pokémon game he’s played this far!

Bought this for Christmas for granddaughter. She said it is captivating and much better than the prior game

I absolutely was obsessed with this game. I love the story line! Great game!!!

Had so much fun playing, nonstop game play and brought me back to good old days. Only thing I was map was easier to use but other than that cool game!

This game is glitchier and clunkier than all the previous Pokemon games. Sword & Shield are far better games - more dynamic, more engaging, and easier to play without the distracting glitches, clips, and issues. Don't buy this.

Our 11 year old has been very happy and engraved with this game

My son enjoys the game.

Extremely buggy, to the point where I have quit playing several times, usually after the game crashes (often). Many quality of life features have been removed. The frame rate regularly drops below 10fps. Characters clip through the environment more often than not. Unless you're paying for nintendo's online service there is no post game. Even if you do play online, I hope you like battling the same 15 pokemon over and over again because that is all there is to do. The main story is very cool and feels like a step in the right direction, but almost everything else feels like 2 steps backwards. I would recommend waiting on this game until game freak fixes all the bugs or some dlc comes out to give you something to do in post game.

The game is fun, but Nintendo knows they can have about 3 people program a Pokémon game and people will eat it up, bugs and all. It’s a terribly made game.

This is a gift for my brother, I’m excited to give it to him because i know he’s going to love it! It’ll looks exciting and it’s something cool for Pokémon lovers

This game was obviously rushed and looks and runs like it was rushed.

I have experienced some issues with the gameplay, but overall I think it’s a great addition to the series and love the graphics.

Getting it out of the way: Graphically, much of this game is a mess. There needs to be a better way to level scale the world. I sure wish I wasn't stuck in this academy uniform. I almost gave up after getting to the main town and finding so many duplicated shops. I had some pretty heavy criticisms about the opening after getting to Mesagoza, but when it finally let me loose, I started having a blast. When this game is beautiful, it's beautiful. I managed to have a battle with Nemona just as the sun was rising and it just felt GOOD. Team Star is honestly one of my favorite teams. They're still absolutely antagonists, but they're not built up as evil. They're all a blast and it's actually a pretty challenging fight to start with for each one if you're not prepared. The gyms and titans in comparison are weaker, but I really enjoy the Elite Four in this game, and I loved Arven's storyline. Plus the chance to drive around the world was just relaxing. I'm torn on the gym leaders but I really love about half of them. Nemona, Arven and Penny are some of my favorite Rivals in the series, and I have been playing since 1999. They're all very different, but fairly well rounded characters! Also, the pokemon in this generation are mostly good. Tandemaus/Mausehold may be the funniest thing I have ever seen. It is just some mice. Whatever you're picturing, it's wrong. It's just some mice. And there's a pokemon thats just sushi. Peak design. But there are two real highlights here: The finale of the game in Area Zero blew away all my expectations for what I thought the end of a Pokemon game should be. It's heartbreaking and a little scary, and like nothing I've ever experienced in 22 years of being a fan of this franchise. I want to take the feeling of that final climactic battle and bottle it. It reminded me of everything I have ever loved about Pokemon. And the biggest highlight of this game is the music. Professor Turo's theme, Team Star's theme, the Four Peril's theme, the Area Zero theme, overworld, battles, the Elite Four, there is not a single track in this game that is not a banger. I can find criticism of most of the game, nothing is quite perfect about it and I can be realistic about that. But the music for this game is untouchable. Rating would be about 4.5/5 if I could give it that, because while the glitches are sure there, everything else just went far above my expectations. So I'm rounding up. Legends: Arceus overall is a better quality game, but it does not reach the highs that Violet does. I will be playing this game for years to come, just hopefully without great balls just appearing in the middle of rooms.

Great Game! Really enjoyed the graphics and character.

It’s not that bad. The game literally just came out. For what it is its a solid submission for the Pokémon mainline game franchise. It’s game freaks first big release with the open world concept being used for the mainline. It needs its tweaks with bugs I personally did not experience except maybe once or twice in my 5 days of playing the game. The internet can make things seem worse than they are. I’d say try it. 👍🏽👍🏽